SEATED SHAMAN Colima Culture, Western Mexico Protoclassical,... Lot 18

SEATED SHAMAN Colima Culture, Western Mexico Protoclassical, 100 BC-250 AD. H. 41 cm - W. 20 cm Ceramic with brick red slip, heavy limescale deposit, oxides of manganese. Character sitting in a suit holding a cup in his hands. The head, with a cranial deformity, is covered with an ornate headdress of a shamanic horn. Characteristic face of the Colima culture: coffee-bean eyes, prominent aquiline nose, incised mouth, ears breakthroughs. On the top of the skull, oval opening. Visible splinters, right earring chipped, broken cut. Provenance: - Alfred Stendhal Gallery, Los Angeles, 1960s. - Franco Monti Collection, 1960-1970s Exhibition/Publication : - Arte Precolombiana, Mesoamerica, Gallery 'Milano', Milan, exhibition from January to April 1967, described under No. 11